obumbrate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === verb (UK) IPA(key): /ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/, /əˈbʌmbreɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɑˈbəmˌbreɪt/, /əˈbəmˌbreɪt/ === Verb === obumbrate (third-person singular simple present obumbrates, present participle obumbrating, simple past and past participle obumbrated) (rare) To shade; to darken; to cloud. [from 1531] (obsolete, transitive) To foreshadow, prefigure. [1632–1852] (obsolete) past participle of obumbrate === Adjective === obumbrate (not comparable) (zoology, rare) Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders. [from 1826] (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Overshadowed, darkened. [1425-1650] ==== Related terms ==== === References === “obumbrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === bumboater == Latin == === Participle === obumbrāte vocative masculine singular of obumbrātus